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 Painted for S. Prospero, Reggio; afterwards in Gallery of Modena, thence to Dresden. Engraved by J. M. Mitelli; N. Dupuis.—Gal. Roy. de Dresde, i. Pl. 20; Réveil, viii. 512.

Madonna of St. Matthew, Annibale Carracci, Dresden Gallery.

MADONNA DI SAN NICCOLÒ, Titian, Vatican; wood, formerly arched at top, but squared in time of Pius VII.; H. 13 ft. × 8 ft. 8 in.; signed. The Virgin on a dome of cloud with Jesus in her lap; both bend and look downwards at a group of six saints standing in the curve of a roofless temple; to right, St. Sebastian; to left, St. Nicholas and St. Catherine; and between them, SS. Peter, Francis, and Anthony of Padua. Painted in 1523 for S. Niccolò de' Frari, Venice, where Sir Joshua Reynolds saw it in 1752; Clement XIV. bought it by the advice of Hamilton and Volpato, and hung it in the Quirinal, whence removed to Vatican under Pius VII. Damaged by time and smoke.—C. & C., Titian, i. 288; Leslie, Life of Reynolds, i. 76; Vasari, ed. Mil., vii. 436.

MADONNA WITH ST. ONOFRIUS, Lorenzo Lotto, Palazzo Borghese, Rome; wood, H. 2 ft. 1 in. × 1 ft. 8 in.; signed, dated 1508. The Virgin, half-length, holding the Child, between St. Onofrius and a bishop in episcopal robes, who presents the transfixed heart of the Redeemer to the Infant Christ. In good preservation.—C. & C., N. Italy, ii. 497.

MADONNA WITH ST. ROSALIE, Murillo, Belvoir Castle, Leicestershire, England; canvas, H. about 6 ft. × 5 ft. The Virgin, seated, holding in her lap Jesus, to whom St. Rosalie, kneeling, offers roses; on left, four maidens in white with palms; on right, a street scene with a friar preaching; above, cherubs and heads. Carried to England by Mr. Stanhope (Lord Harrington) on returning from his embassy to Madrid in 1729.—Davies, Murillo, xci.; Waagen, Treasures, iii. 398; Curtis, 163.

By Murillo, Sir Richard Wallace, Bart., London; canvas, half-length, less than life-size. The Virgin, seated, with Jesus in her lap; on left, St. Rosalie (?) offers him two roses.—Curtis, 163.

MADONNA OF ST. SEBASTIAN, Correggio, Dresden Gallery; wood, H. 9 ft. 6 in. × 5 ft. 7 in. The Virgin, with Jesus in her lap, enthroned on clouds, surrounded by cherubs; below, St. Sebastian, a maiden holding the model of a cathedral, St. Geminianus in his bishop's cloak, and St. Roch sleeping. Painted in 1525 for brotherhood of St. Sebastian, an archery company at Modena. Cleaned and restored probably by Ercole dell' Abbate in 1611, and certainly by Flaminio Torre; later by Palmaroli, and finally by Schirmer in 1858. Engraved by Bertelli, Kilian, and Lefêvre. Bought for Dresden Gallery in 1745.—Scanelli, Microcosmo, 287; Meyer, Correggio, 310, 478; Gal. roy. de Dresde, i. Pl. 3; Pongileoni, ii. 198; Landon, Œuvres, viii. Pl. 25; Kugler (Eastlake), ii. 504.

MADONNA DI SAN SISTO (of St. Sixtus), Raphael, Dresden Gallery; canvas, H. 9 ft. 10 in. × 7 ft. 5 in. The Virgin, with